Transparency index

Scottish Government FOI releases

22,922releases indexed
40,952attachments found
29.5avg calendar days
8,507partially withheld
2016-06-13oldest in sample
2026-11-04newest in sample

Outcomes

partially withheld 8,507 unclear 7,460 not held 3,292 released 1,599 already published 716 cost limit 637 clarification 377 withheld 251 transferred 83

Top Exemptions

s.38(1) 5225 s.20 4485 s.34(1) 3789 s.39(2) 3640 s.30 3038 s.17(1) 2981 s.25(1) 2557 s.10(4) 2089 s.11(2) 1639 s.29(1) 1249 s.2 1245 s.3 980

Timeline

2026-11 48 2026-10 227 2026-09 8 2026-08 299 2026-07 476 2026-06 1 2026-05 410 2026-04 312

Directorate Profiles

Communications and Ministerial Support Directorate 1,336 releases · 27.8 avg days Marine Directorate 991 releases · 29.7 avg days Energy and Climate Change Directorate 972 releases · 31.1 avg days Learning Directorate 871 releases · 34.3 avg days Economic Development Directorate 741 releases · 39.6 avg days Constitution Directorate 710 releases · 35.8 avg days Population Health Directorate 678 releases · 28.6 avg days People Directorate 667 releases · 25.5 avg days
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Companies currently listed on the Register of Insolvencies (ROI) that are due to be removed: FOI release

You asked us to provide the names and Companies House registration numbers of all companies currently listed on the Register of Insolvencies (ROI) that are due to be removed from the ROI within the period of one year following the date on which this request is actioned.

FOI unclear 75 score 9 working days correspondence 2 attachments
Published
2020-12-07
Reference
FOI/202000098546
Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector

Recruitment of Client Support Advisor follow up questions: FOI release

Please can I request an update/new information on a previous request that was responded to on 17th September 2019: FOI reference: FOI/19/02065 on vacancy IRC70271E Client Support Advisor. I would be appreciative if I could receive the following information: The number of applicants who were offered a job but declined...

FOI unclear 55 score 41 working days over deadline correspondence s.11
Published
2020-12-04
Reference
FOI/202000100529
Directorate
People Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Covered cost of staff Christmas parties and other festive arrangements: FOI release

You asked for: The allocated budget for each Scottish Government department to cover the cost of their staff Christmas parties (in whatever form they might take) and other festive arrangements for 2020. Please could you provide the per-head Christmas budget for each department, as well as the total for each (i.e. A d...

FOI unclear 55 score 2 working days correspondence spending s.17(1)
Published
2020-12-04
Reference
FOI/202000110616
Directorate
Constitution Directorate
Topic
Public sector

National standards for operation of Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACs): FOI review

You asked for 'the recorded date when the National Standards between the Scottish Government and SafeLives were agreed pertaining to the operation of Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACs).'

FOI unclear 50 score 25 working days over deadline correspondence
Published
2020-12-04
Reference
FOI/202000108958 Review of FOI/202000102856
Directorate
Topic
Equality and rights, Public sector

Information on Lochaber Delivery Group: FOI release

You asked for the following information on the Lochaber Delivery Group: 1. its remit 2. its membership 3. the dates of its meetings 4. for which of those meetings Mr Ewing was present and in the chair (physically or virtually), 5. the latest agreed minutes.

FOI unclear 55 score 18 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.3 s.5
Published
2020-12-04
Reference
FOI/202000104371
Directorate
Economic Development Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Funding supplied to Relationship Scotland: FOI review

You asked for funding and conditions of funding for Relationships Scotland. You wrote and asked for the following: Please supply me with the total amount of funding supplied to Relationship Scotland from 1st March 2020 until present date? Please break this down for each funding item i.e. funding t provide training on...

FOI unclear 50 score 34 working days over deadline correspondence ministers meetings spending
Published
2020-12-04
Reference
FOI/202000092017 Review
Directorate
Children and Families Directorate
Topic
Children and families, Public sector

Supplementary Guidance on Planning Obligations documentation by Fife Council: FOI release

You asked for confirmation of what documentation was submitted by Fife Council in support of the notice of intention to adopt Supplementary Guidance on Planning Obligations, through reference to Scottish Ministers correspondence to Fife Council on 12 March 2018.

FOI unclear 50 score 19 working days correspondence ministers
Published
2020-12-04
Reference
FOI/202000108713
Directorate
Topic
Public sector

Number of summary cases to be completed in 26 weeks and more than a year: FOI release

You asked for: How many summary cases were completed in 26 weeks in (a) 2015/16 (b) 2016/17 (c) 2017/18 (d) 2018/19 and (e) 2019/20. Please provide this as a whole number, and a percentage of the total number of cases completed. How many cases took more than a year to complete in (a) 2015/16 (b) 2016/17 (c) 2017/18 (...

FOI unclear 50 score 17 working days correspondence
Published
2020-12-04
Reference
FOI/202000103637
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Topic
Law and order, Public sector

Smear test questions and responsibility: FOI release

You asked the following questions: I. With regards to the smear test which detects abnormal cells in the cervix, was the frequency changed in 2020 to elongate the smear test window to 5 years for all ages of women? II. If this is the case then what medical research evidence was the decision based on and who decided (...

FOI unclear 50 score 20 working days correspondence meetings
Published
2020-12-04
Reference
FOI/202000101076
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector

Obligations in legislation around domestic abuse and coercion of children: FOI release

What is the formal process whereby a now non-primary caregiving parents enacts their obligations under the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, and the Domestic Abuse Scotland Act, to make a report of domestic abuse by the use of sustained coercive control for their child/children, and third parties? whilst the background giv...

FOI unclear 55 score 19 working days correspondence ministers s.11 s.1(1)
Published
2020-12-04
Reference
FOI/202000101069
Directorate
Children and Families Directorate
Topic
Children and families, Public sector

Information on proposal to establish a publicly owned energy company: FOI release

You asked for information on how much the proposal to establish a publicly owned energy company has cost the taxpayer, including the fees to consultants, time spent by ScotGov staff and Scottish parliamentarians.

FOI unclear 50 score 8 working days correspondence ministers spending
Published
2020-12-04
Reference
FOI/202000108937
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Public sector

Numbers of people registered homeless and people with a drug dependency: FOI release

You asked for: The number of people in Scotland registered homeless at September 2019. The number of people in Scotland registered homeless at September 2020. The number of people in Scotland with a drug dependency at September 2019. The number of people in Scotland with a drug dependency at September 2020.

FOI unclear 50 score 19 working days correspondence
Published
2020-12-04
Reference
FOI/202000102877
Directorate
Topic
Communities and third sector, Public sector

Transport Scotland - most up to date cost estimates for a number of projects: FOI release

Provide the most up to date cost estimates for the following projects: Continued investment to support public sector fleet alternatives to petrol and diesel vehicles Improved rail services and accessibility to stations between East Kilbride and Glasgow, and Aberdeen and Central Belt Improvements to the rail network be...

FOI unclear 50 score 19 working days correspondence ministers contracts spending
Published
2020-12-04
Reference
FOI/202000102801
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Transport

Questions concerning the wearing of face coverings in classrooms: FOI release

1) What data does the Scottish Government have as evidence of infection transmission within classrooms in schools that has justified this decision? 2) What data does the Scottish Government have as evidence that parents wearing face coverings outside reduces infection transmission? 3) What criteria did the Scottish G...

FOI unclear 75 score 21 working days over deadline correspondence 2 attachments
Published
2020-12-04
Reference
FOI/202000105853
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Children and families, Education, Health and social care, +1 more … Public sector

Correspondence concerning the rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine: FOI release

Under the terms of the freedom of information act, please could I request: - What discussions have taken place between the Government and Health Boards regarding the roll out of a COVID-19 vaccine?

FOI unclear 50 score 27 working days over deadline correspondence meetings
Published
2020-12-04
Reference
FOI/202000103395
Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Health and social care, Public sector

Transport Scotland - Secondments: FOI release

You asked for the following information; How many secondments are there currently from third parties placed within Transport Scotland? What companies are they seconded from? How many transport Scotland employees are seconded out? What companies are the seconded out too?

FOI unclear 50 score 7 working days correspondence
Published
2020-12-04
Reference
FOI/202000111593
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Transport

Correspondence featuring Former First Minister: FOI release

1. Any mentions of Alex Salmond in any correspondence (including emails, attachments, letters, notes/records of phone calls, minutes of meetings, briefings or otherwise) between any Scottish Government ministers. Please limit to the month of November 2017.

FOI unclear 55 score 29 working days over deadline correspondence ministers briefings meetings s.17(1)
Published
2020-12-03
Reference
FOI/202000102812
Directorate
Topic
Constitution and democracy, Public sector

Questions concerning COVID-19 testing: FOI release

1. Has the SARS-CoV-2 virus been physically isolated and, if so, where and when? 2. Does a positive RT-PCR test constitute a case in the Scottish Government statistics? 3. Is there any correction factor for the false positive errors and other errors applied to the test results prior to inclusion in statistics given to ...

FOI unclear 55 score 20 working days correspondence ministers meetings s.25(1)
Published
2020-12-03
Reference
FOI/202000106690
Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Health and social care, Public sector

Social Security Scotland teams and number of staff within: FOI release

You asked for “A list of each of the departments and/or teams that exist within Social Security Scotland (including the number of them and names of them), with details of the number of staff that are part of each team and/or department.”

FOI unclear 50 score 19 working days correspondence
Published
2020-11-30
Reference
FOI/202000090653
Directorate
Topic
Public sector, Work and skills

Question concerning hospital occupancy and discharge statistics: FOI release

"1) Each day, there are a total number of total hospital discharges listed on the daily announcement. I have attached a spreadsheet with this data, dated back to the change in methodology for reporting hospital figures in September after audit (needless to say, I have the data back further than this) As you can see th...

FOI unclear 50 score 28 working days over deadline correspondence briefings
Published
2020-11-30
Reference
FOI/202000100538
Directorate
Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Health and social care, Public sector

COVID-19 and death statistics for Scotland: FOI release

What is Scotland's death rates by cause for each month of the years 2000, 2005,2010,2015 and 2020 to date. Plus the following for 2020: 1. Deaths of people with Covid and Covid alone 2. Death where covid was marked on the death certificate but not tested for but just suspected. 3. Deaths of people with already underl...

FOI unclear 55 score 9 working days correspondence s.25(1) s.17(1)
Published
2020-11-30
Reference
FOI/202000112280
Directorate
Topic
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other respiratory infections in Scotland, Health and social care, Public sector

Football banning orders issued in Scotland statistics: FOI release

You asked for information regarding the number of football banning orders issued to fans in the 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20 seasons in Scotland and also the specific number from each club in Scotland if available in order to provide a clearer picture with relation to each individual club.

FOI unclear 50 score 19 working days correspondence
Published
2020-11-30
Reference
FOI/202000098029
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Topic
Law and order, Public safety and emergencies, Public sector

Spaces for People funding allocated to Moray Council: FOI release

1. How much of the £30 million Spaces for People Fund was allocated to Moray Council. 2. How much of that allocation was spent. 3. How was the money spent, specifically: What measured were put in place and where. How much did each extra measure cost. How long did the council expect the ’temporary measures’. 4. Finall...

FOI unclear 50 score 18 working days correspondence spending
Published
2020-11-30
Reference
FOI/202000098635
Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector, Transport